.. um ... hit something?" Maybe she tripped a nerve?" Yes, that is it."Don didn't fully believe his wife, but he also knew her English skills were sti...l limited and she would often mix up her idioms so he decided not to dwell on this. "Did I tell you Jason is coming by tomorrow?" Yes," she sighed."What is it baby?" Part of me still doesn't like Jason for what he did to Grace, but I don't see the heartless man she said he was. I see a broken shell of a man who wants a second chance." Jason. What ishappening to me? I feel like everything I do is somehow twisted intobeing super girlish. My life is so messed up. Now we are outside, I feela warm breeze blowing my short dress up in the air."Come on Miley hurry up, we are going to be late to baseball tryouts," Ihear grandmother saying to me loudly while she pulls me closer to mommy'smini-van. I notice my reflection again on the side of the van and thereis no way anyone would ever think of me as anything but a little girl. Ilook closer. The horses really like you."Mrs. Peabody was obese, but a good cook. The two, Marty and his missus, were clearly deeply in love with each other, even if she looked like an overstuffed sausage in her sweat pants and football jersey. She scowled at me until I presented her with the standard offerings I bring when a dinner guest: a loaf of French bread, a handful of flowers. It was a habit I picked up in Europe. Sometimes I even sprung for wine—but not tonight.Yes, I was practicing poor operations. Jeff and Maegan, high school sweet hearts, had married seven months before his deployment. They had found a small one bedroom apartment, not far from the base. Maegan had gotten a job at a chain restaurant and worked as a hostess and waitress to help with the bills. It had been a struggle but their love was strong. Maegan lowered her body into the warm water of the tub. The last 24 months had been a whirl wind, and she was ready for the storm to calm. In the last 24 months, she had graduated.